History YMMV / VikingsValhalla

* CommonKnowledge: The reaction to casting Caroline Henderson, a [[GenderFlip woman]] of [[RaceLift African ancestry]], as jarl Haakon, predictably stirred up disapproving reaction from history buffs. Several vloggers created videos about the "real Jarl Haakon". However, most of them erroneously assumed the character to be a representation of Hakon Sigurdsson, who died long before the events of the series. The historical Haakon[[note]]It does not help that Norway had three jarls named Haakon during the time period and they were all closely related[[/note]] who was alive by that time was his grandson, Hakon Eiriksson. In any case, when the series was released, it became obvious that jarl Estrid Haakon [[InNameOnly barely resembles any historical or saga figure at all]]. It's unclear if there was any [[GodNeverSaidThat serious intention from the writers to make her the representation of a historical figure]].

* CommonKnowledge: The reaction to casting Caroline Henderson, a [[GenderFlip woman]] of [[RaceLift African ancestry]], as jarl Haakon, predictably stirred up disapproving reaction from history buffs. Several vloggers created videos about the "real Jarl Haakon". However, most of them erroneously assumed the character to be a representation of Hakon Sigurdsson, who died before the events of the series. The historical Haakon[[note]]It does not help that Norway had three jarls named Haakon during the time period and they were all closely related[[/note]] who was alive by that time was his grandson, Hakon Eiriksson. In any case, when the series was released, it became obvious that jarl Estrid Haakon [[InNameOnly barely resembles any historical or saga figure at all]]. It's unclear if there was any [[GodNeverSaidThat serious intention from the writers to make her the representation of a historical figure]].

* CommonKnowledge: The reaction to casting Caroline Henderson, a [[GenderFlip woman]] of [[RaceLift African ancestry]], as jarl Haakon, predictably stirred up disapproving reaction from history buffs. Several vloggers created videos about the "real Jarl Haakon". However, most of them erroneously assumed the character to be a representation of Hakon Sigurdsson, who died before the events of the series. The historical Haakon who was alive by that time was his grandson, Hakon Eiriksson. In any case, when the series was released, it became obvious that jarl Estrid Haakon [[InNameOnly barely resembles any historical or saga figure at all]]. It's unclear if there was any [[GodNeverSaidThat serious intention from the writers to make her the representation of a historical figure]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Valhalla'' doesn't really hold a candle to the original ''Vikings'' series. Popular reception is that it's simply an inferior sequel, with less interesting plots, characters and actors nowhere as memorable as those from its predecessor. And while ArtisticLicenseHistory was already employed in ''Vikings'' but generally tolerated, many viewers believe that ''Valhalla'' takes it too far.

* WTHCastingAgency: The casting of Caroline Henderson as an allegedly [[RaceLift black]], [[GenderBender female]] version of [[HornyVikings Jarl Estrid Haakon]] in an ostensibly historical series has been regarded by many to be the worst offender of the trope.
** Then there was some throw back against the casting of Russian Sofya Lebedeva in season 2 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. What likely set it off was the incredibly misjudged press release which referred to Yaroslav the Wise as a ruler of northern Russia rather than the ruler of Kievan Rus', which caused many people accusing Netflix of playing into Russian propaganda used to justify the invasion.

* WTHCastingAgency: The casting of Caroline Henderson as a [[RaceLift black]], [[GenderBender female]] version of [[HornyVikings Jarl Estrid Haakon]] in an ostensibly historical series has been regarded by many to be the worst offender of the trope.

* WTHCastingAgency: The casting of Caroline Henderson as a [[RaceLift black]], [[GenderBender female]] version of [[HornyViking Jarl Estrid Haakon]] in an ostensibly historical series has been regarded by many to be the _worst offender of the trope_.

* * {{Sequelitis}}: ''Valhalla'' doesn't really hold a candle to the original ''Vikings'' series. Popular reception is that it's simply an inferior sequel, with less interesting plots, characters and actors nowhere as memorable as those from its predecessor. And while ArtisticLicenseHistory was already employed in ''Vikings'' but generally tolerated, many viewers believe that ''Valhalla'' takes it too far.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Valhalla'' doesn't really hold a candle to the original ''Vikings'' series. Popular reception is that it's simply an inferior sequel, with less interesting plots, characters and actors nowhere as memorable as those from its predecessor. And while ArtisticLicenseHistory was already employed in ''Vikings'' but generally tolerated, many viewers believe that ''Valhalla'' takes it too far.

* FanDumb: The reaction to casting African descended Caroline Henderson as jarl Haakon [[FlameBait predictively]] stirred up disapproving reaction from history buffs and even more predictively from white supremacists. Several vloggers in both camps has created several videos about the ''real'' jarl Haakon. The issue being that most assumed the character to be a representation of Hákon Sigurðsson (more commonly known as Haakon jarl), [[CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer while any one with access to wikipedia would quite quickly be able to tell that Hákon Sigurðsson was long dead and the character more likely represented his grandson Hákon Eiriksson]]. That confusion is pretty forgivable to a layman who would not know that there were 3 Hákon jarl ([[DeadGuyJunior Hákon Sigurðsson's grandfather and grandson]]). [[KnowNothingKnowItAll But coming from people who claims to know everything about the viking age]] it comes off as very sloppy. Those who watched the show and knew of the figures would be able to tell that jarl ''Estrid Haakon'' [[InNameOnly barely resembles any historical or saga figure at all]] and it's very unclear if there was any [[GodNeverSaidThat serious intention from the writers to make her a representation of a historical figure]].